xenial/linux: 4.4.0-156.183 -proposed tracker

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza]

This bug will contain status and test results related to a kernel source (or snap) as stated in the title.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow

derivatives: bug 1834908 (linux-aws), bug 1834909 (linux-kvm), bug 1837155 (linux-fips)

-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
bugs-spammed: true
phase: Testing
phase-changed: Thursday, 18. July 2019 16:13 UTC
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true
reason:
  automated-testing: Stalled -- testing FAILED
  regression-testing: Ongoing -- testing in progress
trackers:
  trusty/linux-lts-xenial: bug 1836879
  xenial/linux-aws: bug 1834908
  xenial/linux-fips: bug 1837155
  xenial/linux-kvm: bug 1834909
  xenial/linux-raspi2: bug 1836876
  xenial/linux-snapdragon: bug 1836878
  xenial/linux/pc-kernel: bug 1836874
variant: debs

[Devices Certification Bot (ce-certification-qa)]

Kernel deb testing completes, no regressions found. Ready for Updates. Results here: https://trello.com/c/H3F6ISiB/109-xenial-linux-image-440-156-generic-440-156183

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-157.185

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linux (4.4.0-157.185) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.4.0-157.185 -proposed tracker (LP: #1837476)

  * systemd 229-4ubuntu21.22 ADT test failure with linux 4.4.0-156.183 (storage)
    (LP: #1837235)
    - Revert "block/bio: Do not zero user pages"
    - Revert "block: Clear kernel memory before copying to user"
    - Revert "bio_copy_from_iter(): get rid of copying iov_iter"

linux (4.4.0-156.183) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.4.0-156.183 -proposed tracker (LP: #1836880)

  * BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless regression - PCI ID 14e4:43ba (LP: #1836801)
    - brcmfmac: add eth_type_trans back for PCIe full dongle

linux (4.4.0-155.182) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.4.0-155.182 -proposed tracker (LP: #1834918)

  * Geneve tunnels don't work when ipv6 is disabled (LP: #1794232)
    - geneve: correctly handle ipv6.disable module parameter

  * Kernel modules generated incorrectly when system is localized to a non-
    English language (LP: #1828084)
    - scripts: override locale from environment when running recordmcount.pl

  * Handle overflow in proc_get_long of sysctl (LP: #1833935)
    - sysctl: handle overflow in proc_get_long

  * Xenial update: 4.4.181 upstream stable release (LP: #1832661)
    - x86/speculation/mds: Revert CPU buffer clear on double fault exit
    - x86/speculation/mds: Improve CPU buffer clear documentation
    - ARM: exynos: Fix a leaked reference by adding missing of_node_put
    - crypto: vmx - fix copy-paste error in CTR mode
    - crypto: crct10dif-generic - fix use via crypto_shash_digest()
    - crypto: x86/crct10dif-pcl - fix use via crypto_shash_digest()
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix a memory leak bug
    - ALSA: hda/hdmi - Consider eld_valid when reporting jack event
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - EAPD turn on later
    - ASoC: max98090: Fix restore of DAPM Muxes
    - ASoC: RT5677-SPI: Disable 16Bit SPI Transfers
    - mm/mincore.c: make mincore() more conservative
    - ocfs2: fix ocfs2 read inode data panic in ocfs2_iget
    - mfd: da9063: Fix OTP control register names to match datasheets for
      DA9063/63L
    - tty/vt: fix write/write race in ioctl(KDSKBSENT) handler
    - ext4: actually request zeroing of inode table after grow
    - ext4: fix ext4_show_options for file systems w/o journal
    - Btrfs: do not start a transaction at iterate_extent_inodes()
    - bcache: fix a race between cache register and cacheset unregister
    - bcache: never set KEY_PTRS of journal key to 0 in journal_reclaim()
    - ipmi:ssif: compare block number correctly for multi-part return messages
    - crypto: gcm - Fix error return code in crypto_gcm_create_common()
    - crypto: gcm - fix incompatibility between "gcm" and "gcm_base"
    - crypto: chacha20poly1305 - set cra_name correctly
    - crypto: salsa20 - don't access already-freed walk.iv
    - crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - don't access already-freed walk.iv
    - writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches
    - fs/writeback.c: use rcu_barrier() to wait for inflight wb switches going
      into workqueue when umount
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix for Lenovo B...